Improvement in the manufacture of fans



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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

PHILIP HUFELAND, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

I IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF F ANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,839, dated June 22,1875; application filed May 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HUFELAND, of Mount Vernon, in the county ofVVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Manufacture of Fans, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan of a block ofwood prepared for my purpose. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan of a set of fan-leaves when completed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an'improvementin the manufacture of fanscomposed of a series of wooden leaves.

My improvement consists in a new process of manufacturingwooden fans byfirst preparing blocks of wood of sufiicient length and width for thefan-leaves, and of sufficient thickness for one or for two or morecomplete sets ot'fan leaves then splitting these blocks into sheets ofthe required thickness, said sheets being left to adhere to each otherat one edge, and finally exposing the split blocks to the action of asuitable die to produce the shape required for fan-leaves, so that eachset of fanleaves will be cut out by one stroke of said die, and that thefan-leaves, while being cut out by the shaping-die, are not liable tosplit, and all the fan-leaves composing one set are invariably of thesame size and shape.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a block of wood, which is cutout to correspond in length and width to the fan-leaves to be produced.In the example shown in the drawing the thickness of the block is justsufficient for one set of fan-leaves but it may be made thick enough fortwo or more sets, and afterward separated into blanks for single sets.

The block Ais then split into sheets a, each corresponding in thicknessto the fan-leaves to be produced, said sheets being left to adhere toeach other along one edge, as indicated in Fig. 2. If the block is thickenough for two or more sets of fan-leaves, it is separated into blanks,each for one set of fan-leaves, and the blanks thus preparedl expose tothe action of a suitable die, whereby the same are formed in the shapeshown in Fig. 3, the whole set of fan-leaves being out to the requiredshape by one and the same action of the die.

It will be readily seen that by this process the manufacture of woodenfans is materially facilitated, and that much time and labor is saved bymy invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described process of manufacturing wooden fans by firstpreparing blocks of wood of sufficient length, width, and thickness;then splitting these blocks into sheets of the required size, saidsheets being left to adhere at one edge then separating the block intoblanks, each for a full set of fan-leaves, and finally exposing theseblanks to the action of a suitable die, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 11th day of May, 1875.

PH. HUFELAND. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, J NO. D. PATTEN.

